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Date: 2026-05-09 20:18:32+00:00UTC

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NHK: インドとパキスタン 停戦合意から1年 対抗措置継続で緊張続く

去年、インドとパキスタンの間で武力衝突が起き、その後、停戦に合意してから1年となりますが、両国は対抗措置を続けるなど強硬姿勢を崩しておらず、緊張が続いています。

The Japan Times: Pentagon UFO file trove includes sightings near Japan

Two of the dozens of videos released by the U.S. Defense Department were taken near Japan, including one that shows an object "that resembles a football- shaped body."

CNN: Fulton County, Georgia, jail leadership resigns after inmate's death and accusations of unsanitary conditions

Three officials at the Fulton County, Georgia, jail have stepped down amid an investigation into the death of an inmate whose family said was housed in a filthy, bug-infested cell that "was not fit for a diseased animal."

NHK: 新型コロナワクチン副反応の心筋炎 マウス実験で再現 筑波大

新型コロナのワクチンの副反応として、ごくまれに心筋炎が起きることが知られていますが、筑波大学の研究グループは心臓の細胞の機能が低下した状態で接種を受けると、こうした心筋炎が起きやすいことをマウスの実験で確かめたと発表しました。ワクチンの安全性を高める研究につながると注目されています。

The Japan Times: Despite curbs, 'nicopuff' e-cigarette use rises among young people in Japan

While the products can be imported for personal use, selling it in Japan violates the pharmaceutical and medical device law.

CNN: He was free for 2 years. Now Crosley Green is back in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit

A Florida man who served three decades behind bars for a murder he says he didn't commit returned to prison Monday after spending the past two years building a life outside prison walls.

NHK: 卓球 団体世界選手権 日本男子が4大会ぶりの決勝進出

卓球、団体の世界選手権、男子の準決勝で日本が台湾に3対0で勝ち、4大会ぶりの決勝進出を決めました。

The Japan Times: Ainu indigenous group demands return of ancestors' remains

The group filed a lawsuit demanding that the remains of 279 Ainu ancestors held by a state facility be returned to their descendants.

CNN: Tennessee Air National Guardsman applied to be a hitman online, the FBI says. It was a spoof website and now he's facing charges

A Tennessee Air National Guardsman is facing charges after applying to be a hitman on a spoof "rent-a-hitman" website, according to the Department of Justice.

NHK: 小説家の鈴木光司さん死去 68歳 「リング」「らせん」など

「リング」や「らせん」など、人気ホラー小説の数々で知られる小説家の鈴木光司さんが8日、亡くなりました。68歳でした。

The Japan Times: Trump's feuds and tensions with allies likely to outlast Iran war

Allies from Europe to the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific are once again fearful that the U.S. might be unreliable in a future crisis.

CNN: Family of victim and survivors of Indianapolis FedEx mass shooting file lawsuit against gun magazine manufacturer and distributors

The family of a victim and several survivors of a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis filed a lawsuit against companies involved in the manufacturing, marketing and sale of the high capacity magazine used by the gunman who killed 8 people and injured several others [...]

NHK: スパイ罪で服役中に入院 中国紙元幹部 “釈放を”家族が声明

中国共産党系の新聞の元幹部で、4年前に北京で日本大使館の職員と面会した直後に拘束され、スパイ罪で懲役7年の判決を受けた男性について、家族が声明を発表し、男性は体調不良で入院し肺に腫瘍が見つかったと明らかにしました。治療のため釈放するよう求めています。

The Japan Times: Police renew call for vigilance against investment scams as stocks soar

"There are probably victims who are still unaware that they have been cheated," a senior police official said.

CNN: GOP prepared to block vote to replace Feinstein on Senate Judiciary

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he hopes to replace Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee with Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland and aims to set up a floor vote on the issue this afternoon, which Republicans are expected to block. [...]

NHK: 磐越道 部活バス事故 運転手は数か月で複数回事故起こしたか

福島県の磐越自動車道で、部活動の遠征でマイクロバスに乗っていた新潟県の高校生など21人が死傷した事故で、バスを運転していた68歳の容疑者が、この数か月で複数回、事故を起こしていたとみられることが捜査関係者への取材でわかりました。警察はこれまでの運転状況や今回の事故の原因について詳しく調べています。

The Japan Times: Punch, the lonely monkey, is growing up. He’s still a star.

Punch has handled the limelight better than most young stars. Since first hitting the headlines, he has slowly integrated into his troop and made friends.

CNN: Anti-abortion doctors urge Supreme Court to keep mifepristone restrictions in place

A group of doctors opposed to abortion asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to restrict access to a key medication abortion drug while other legal challenges play out, as Wednesday night's deadline for the court to act approaches.

NHK: ハンタウイルス クルーズ船到着予定の島で準備進む 抗議活動も

ハンタウイルスの集団感染が疑われているクルーズ船は、スペイン領カナリア諸島に今月10日に到着する見通しで、乗客と乗員が下船する予定です。現地では感染対策などの準備が進められている一方、港で働く人たちの間では抗議活動も起きています。

The Japan Times: Trump’s crackdown on China-linked solar firms stalls U.S. factory boom

Policy uncertainty is driving installers and insurers away from U.S. solar factories with China ties.

CNN: McCarthy makes plea for Republicans to back debt ceiling plan

Speaker Kevin McCarthy made a plea to House Republicans during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning to back his debt ceiling plan, telling them that although it doesn't have to include everything they want, it will help get him to the negotiating table with President Joe Biden. [...]

The Japan Times: Spirit exit likely to lead to higher U.S. airfares, experts say

Spirit's shutdown has added to worries about higher airfares, as ticket prices already rise over soaring jet fuel costs due to the Middle East war.

CNN: Supreme Court seems sympathetic to postal worker who didn't work Sundays in dispute over religious accommodations

The Supreme Court seemed to side with a former mail carrier, an evangelical Christian, who says the US Postal Service failed to accommodate his request to not work on Sundays.

The Japan Times: Hantavirus scare revives COVID-era conspiracy theories

The misinformation resurged even as the World Health Organization insisted there was minimal risk to the general public from passengers of the MV Hondius.

CNN: China's economy is off to a solid start, rising 4.5% in Q1 2023

China's economy is off to a solid start in 2023 following its emergence from three years of strict pandemic restrictions.

The Japan Times: War and energy shortages boost China’s influence in Asia

The Iran war has deepened China's influence with its fuel-starved neighbors, allowing it to deal from a position of strength.

CNN: Even when wives make as much as husbands, they still do more at home

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